study the impact of two mechanisms on labor supply: (i) differences in marriage stability and (ii) differences in tax … systems. We calibrate the model to U.S. data and study how labor supply in the U.S. changes as we introduce European tax … tax mechanisms combined explain 58% of the variation in labor supply between the U.S. and the European countries in our …

I assess the macroeconomic and redistributive effects of tax reforms aimed at increasing tax revenue in Spain. To this … involves doubling the average effective tax rate on labor and business income for all individuals whose income is above a … threshold level. I find that this reform reduces the inequality in after-tax income, wealth, and consumption. However, it …

tax in Germany is going on. With respect to the r educed top tax rate of 42 percent in a meantime and now 45 percent high … income earners seem to be privileged. However, focusing solely on the top income tax rate is an inadequate limitation of the … redistributive effects of the income tax are ignored. Furthermore, defining income brackets in nominal terms has an entirely …

Microsimulation based on income tax statistics may be useful in tax reform discussions. Unfortunately, access to … microsimulation, we compare both methods. Investigating tax scale effects by the group model leads to very good results. Determining … the financial effects of modified tax bases, the deviation from the microsimulation results increases especially if tax …

Nachbildung des Steuersystems wird mit der Technik der Mikrosimulation vollzogen. FiFoSiM enthält weiterhin ein ökonometrisch …

This paper computes the optimal progressivity of the income tax code in a dynamic general equilibrium model with …. A progressive tax system serves as a partial substitute for missing insurance markets and enhances an equal distribution … of economic welfare. These beneficial effects of a progressive tax system have to be traded off against the efficiency …

In this paper we focused on the flat tax impact on inequality in Romania. We compared 2005 against 2004, when we were … able to isolate the flat tax impact from other factors. We found that the higher the gross wage, the higher the flat tax … the flat tax. The Lorenz curve is illustrative, as only the last quantile of the population (richest 20%) appears as the …